King of digital currencies for the moment, Bitcoin is the face of online payment.
Dogecoin
So unconvention, so interest. Dogecoin spawned not only new forms of payment, but new semantics on the web.
Hongbao
On the Chinese scene, WeChat, Tencent's social media app, allows users to send hongbao, in-app red envelopes with money, to whomever the user wishes. If someone decides to send $50 to a group of friends, the amounts are disbursed unevenly, gambling style.
Where I can I Spend?
Shopping: Overstock
Overstock, like Amazon, allows you to purchase most items and delivers them to your door.
Space! Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic began accepting Bitcoin for potential private, commercial space flights in late 2013.
Websites: Namecheap
Namecheap sells domain names, allowing you to make the next best blog, or your own digital currency site.
A New York City Apartment!
Bond New York, a New York City brokerage firm, announced in January they would start taking Bitcoin.
Top News
Charlie Schrem, Bitcoin-Based Entrepreneur, Arrested
Schrem, badass chief executive of the bitcoin company BitInstant and vice chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, was arrested Sunday, Jan. 26 for money laundering.
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